Opinions of pre-school pre-service teachers concerning tales: The case of TRNC

Selma Korkmaz,E Masal,S Beşoluk,I Önder,H Çalişkan

doi:10.1051/shsconf/20184801031

Abstract

Tales have an important place in the education lives of children. For this reason, attention should be paid to the qualifications of tales read to the children in pre-school period. Pre-school teachers have important roles to play in this regard. The purpose of this study is to obtain the opinions of pre-school pre-service teachers who will serve as preschool teachers in the future concerning tales and explore whether they have adequate knowledge and awareness. For this purpose, our study group consists of 60 pre-service teachers studying at 4th grade of Near East University Atatürk Education Faculty Preschool Teaching Department. Interview forms were used in the collection of data. Frequency, percentage and content analysis were used in the analysis of data. Based on the findings obtained, it is determined that pre-service teachers have a certain accumulation of knowledge concerning tales; however, it became evident that this knowledge is inadequate and that they are under the impact of foreign culture, and that they have little knowledge about Turkish tales although they are senior students. At the same time, pre-service teachers declare that when they become teachers they will teach some tales which they claim that have negative effects on children, which is an indication that they do not have conscious.

Highlights

Tales are defined as “a literary genre generally created by people, based on imagination, living in verbal tradition, and mostly citing the supernatural events that happen to people, animals, witches, goblins, giants, fairies etc.” [1]
It is seen that pre-service teachers gave more than one answers to some questions in the interview form
For this reason all answers were included in the evaluation

Summary

Introduction

Tales are defined as “a literary genre generally created by people, based on imagination, living in verbal tradition, and mostly citing the supernatural events that happen to people, animals, witches, goblins, giants, fairies etc.” [1]. They are defined as folk stories which mostly tell the narratives of extraordinary characters and adventures, and are based on imaginary subjects, which spread abroad from one person to another [2]. Tales have an important place in the culture, education and social life of a nation. The purpose of this study is to obtain the opinions of preschool pre-service teachers who will work as preschool teachers in the future concerning tales and explore whether they have awareness about tales

Study Group

Collection of Data

Findings and Comments

Findings on the elements in tales which affect children negatively

Findings concerning the effect of tales on the development of children